{"product_id":"9781101572757","title":"All That Glitters: The Fall of Barings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive, classic account of the fall of the House of Baring, the oldest merchant bank in London, in 1995 and the ultimate rogue trader, Nick Leeson, who brought down the venerable institution with speculative investing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Gapper, associate editor of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and his coauthor Nicholas Denton, now founder of Gawker Media, interviewed all the major players involved in the collapse of one of England's oldest banks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll That Glitters\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the Faustian deal struck between the whizz-kid derivatives traders who seemed to be bringing in huge profits and the old guard who were happy to pocket them without asking too many questions. Gapper and Denton present a thrilling, in-depth account of Nick Leeson's motives and methods for hiding the unauthorized speculative trading as well as the final days of Barings and the last-ditch attempts by politicians and bankers to save the bank.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133325852912,"sku":"9781101572757","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101572757_p0.jpg?v=1763688506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101572757","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}